Lennox Lewis watched the fight with Vitali Klitschko “About 30 Times,” Says Klitschko Was His “

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  1. Odins beard

    Odins beard Fentanyl is one hell of a drug.... Full Member

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    Because Lewis never wanted to go back there again....abit like Vitali, but he was ok rematching Rahman and McCall dragged out of rehab.
     
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    When he was wrestling Akinwande?
     
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  3. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. banned Full Member

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    I already gave you my reasons. I'll ask you this. How popular was Frank Bruno in the UK? Easily more popular then Lewis when they meet, so are you really saying his fans, who saw him lose a fight that he was winning until a bomb landed would not want to see the re-match?

    Keep in mind a news paper writer is NOT a fan. Bruno didn't retire because a press man said he should. He faced two other punchers, one of whom ( McCall ) whom he defeated. Losing to Tyson on your last fight is no shame.

    Show me where Bruno said he wasn't interested in a re-match, and I'll believe you. Lewis was actually mediocre in many of the matches I mentioned, perhaps a reason why he wasn't seeking a re-match.
     
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  4. mcvey

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    He was a career highest weight ,37 years old and ten pounds over his prime weight,plus he had trained for a 6'2" fighter.
     
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  5. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    He wasn't wrestling Ackinwande, Ackinwande was holding him for dear life and was disqualified for it.
     
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  6. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    If you cant be bothered to get informed about Mercers hepatitis and his time out of the ring,I cant be bothered to spend any more time with a guy who is clearly an obsessive Lewis hater.
     
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    He was 4 months shy of 39 Mac , and weighing 256lbs was a nonfunctional weight for him as he was clearly very slow and moved around the ring like a statue.

    Vitali took the fight on two weeks notice?? Nah , he had been preparing for the whole year prior and there's evidence that proves it.

    Lewis was the one who took the fight on short notice , while also coming in totally over looking Vitali thinking he was another Golota cos his quit job against Byrd was fresh in people's memory.

    Lewis took Vitali lightly in his oldest and worst ever shape- still won.

    @Mendoza
     
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  8. McGrain

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    "Reasons" and "evidence" aren't the same thing. The people who believe the earth is flat have "reasons". They, like you, cannot produce any evidence.

    It's fascinating: you'll go so far as to claim that "there was demand here" - demand - for Lewis-Bruno II in America but you have no evidence for it.

    You've literally just made up your mind to believe it.

    You're trying to logic with me - and i was here. You're trying to construct a reality to overhaul the REAL reality.

    Of course people would have come to see Bruno fight Lewis. Or Bruno fight cabbages. You could also get a lot of people to turn out for Tyson-Holyfield III. Now. That's not the point. The point, for the upteenth time, is that nobody pushed for that fight. Not Bruno's management. Not BSKYB who staged a discussion programme after the fight. Nobody.

    Do you know what you get when you Google "Lewis-Bruno Rematch"?

    You get nothing.

    Do you know why?

    Because nobody talked about it.

    The possibility of a Bruno-Lewis rematch is a fantasy. It is a fantasy perpetrated by yourself in order that you be able to rant about Lewis and rematches on the forum.

    And that's all it is.

    I love that you live in this world.

    I ask you for evidence - you say you don't have to do that, because you've already provided reasons.

    I provide reasons - you demand evidence.

    I won't provide evidence that Bruno "said he wasn't interested in a re-match" because i've never made this claim. If I had to guess, I'd say that Bruno did want a rematch, he was that type of guy. But I have no evidence of that so it would be dishonest of me to claim it as fact. See how that works? The evidence points in the other direction though.

    Right after the fight, he cerainly wasn't calling for a rematch. When asked about what he was going to do next he talked of "sitting down and talking" to his family and that "he couldn't make any commitments" half an hour after the fight. With the nation watching, he declined to do exactly that. Still, he might have wanted it at some stage.

    But it was never going to happen. Because, in this country "The Argument was settled."

    https://www.independent.co.uk/sport...-as-an-off-key-champion-pours-on-1508302.html

    And, as Frank Warren put it "He should pack it in right now. This is not just bad for him, it's bad for boxing."

    https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/a-joker-gets-serious-1572667.html

    Now that's literally one newspaper search. Producing this stuff isn't hard. Isn't it interesting that you're absolutely unable to produce anything?
     
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  9. Odins beard

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    If two fighters are scheduled to fight different fighters on the same card,then end up fighting each other on that exact same card, both fighters have the same amount of time to prepare.....you are very thick aren't you.
     
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  10. Odins beard

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    Both where as bad as each other, it was the worst fight I've ever seen. Plus Lewis got dropped.
     
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  11. Odins beard

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    He had trained for a bum, John Ruiz's leftovers.

    Like I said Vitali was the first live opponent he had faced since Holyfield.
     
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  12. HerolGee

    HerolGee Loyal Member banned Full Member

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    , vits
    huh? holy went close decision, prime lewis. vits was ripped apart in less than halftime, by worst lewis. totally different.
     
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  13. Odins beard

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    Not what I said though was it, Vitali was the first live opponent that Lewis had faced since and old Holyfield.


    That's what I said, if Lewis fought better opponents inbetween please feel free to share.
     
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  14. HerolGee

    HerolGee Loyal Member banned Full Member

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    completely wrong, its easier to list what wasnt live - botha.
     
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  15. mcvey

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    The two American judges had the fight level.Whether Bruno was interested isn't the point ,the point is were the British public interested? The answer to that question is NO!
     
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